From Shanghai Daily: China is teaming up with the United States and Britain to bring Iris Chang‘s international bestseller “The Rape of Nanking” to the silver screen. The deal was announced yesterday, on the eve of the 61st anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. “We hope we can make the film a World […]
Read MoreFrom AP via The Washington Post: There’s more to Chinese culture than lanterns and opera, says film director Zhang Yimou _ and he plans to prove it at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Zhang, chief director for the opening and closing ceremonies, says he hopes to use lesser-known Chinese elements. Zhang says the ceremonies will show […]
Read MoreMany thanks to Geremie R. Barmé for contributing the following essay to CDT: Let the Spiel Begin Zhang Yimou, the avant-garde film director turned populist will lead the group designing the opening and closing ceremonies of the...
Read MoreFrom China Daily (link): A star-studded cast will put together the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) announced yesterday. Internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was appointed chief director for both the opening and closing ceremonies, while multi-Oscar winning Hollywood […]
Read MoreFrom CKNW: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Zhang Ziyi has come under attack in China for her starring role in the Steven Spielberg-produced Memoirs of a Geisha, the story of a young Japanese girl’s rise from poverty to top geisha. Critics have posted online comments recalling Japan’s brutal invasion of China and denouncing Zhang as […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Four years ago, Ziyi Zhang, who had literally soared to the attention of Hollywood as a nobleman’s beautiful daughter in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” arranged to meet Steven Spielberg. She knew he was interested in directing the best-seller “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and though Zhang is Chinese and geishas are […]
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